Interview
John Williams
From chief potato-scraper for his mum to ruler of The Ritz’s famous kitchen, a life in food has made this chef ‘the luckiest man on earth’
From chief potato-scraper for his mum to ruler of The Ritz’s famous kitchen, a life in food has made this chef ‘the luckiest man on earth’
Now is the time to think ahead to Boxing Day. While the majority of Good Food Guide restaurants are on a well-earned Christmas break, a handful will be open on 26th December, ready to whisk you away from glazed hams, turkey-based buffets and family politics. Take it easy in some of North Norfolk’s best pubs, stuff yourself with seafood after a bracing dip in Dorset, or get your glad rags on for lunch at The Ritz.
The Stafford London hotel to open Sicilian restaurant, Alyn Williams leaves Cotswold pub to concentrate on his eponymous restaurant, Atul Kochhar looks to Indian’s regions for new Mayfair opening, ex-Hibiscus chef takes over kitchens at Number One in Edinburgh
The restaurants included in The Good Food Guide are the very best in the UK. These are our Top 50 restaurants for 2018.
1 Restaurant Nathan Outlaw, Cornwall (10)2 L’Enclume, Cumbria (10)3 Core by Clare Smyth (10) New4 Restaurant Sat Bains, Notts (9)5 Ynyshir, Powys (9)6 Claude Bosi at Bibendum, London (9)7 Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, London (9)8 Casamia, Bristol (9)9 Pollen Street Social, London (9)10 The Fat Duck, Berkshire (8)11 Moor Hall, Lancashire ......